Nevada congressman is with Mitt

Nevada Rep. Joe Heck is already backing Mitt Romney for president in 2012.

Heck, the Republican who beat former Democratic Rep. Dina Titus in 2010, also backed Romney in 2008, and Heck spokesman Darren Littell told the Associated Press Tuesday that he'll do it again this time around.

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Heck is playing it safe with Romney, who won the Silver State's caucuses in a landslide in 2008. The other major Republican presidential contenders didn't focus on the heavily Mormon state.

Heck was a very early Romney backer that year, and Romney helped Heck campaign extensively during Heck's competitive House race.

It's one less supporter available for Haley Barbour, who was in Nevada on Tuesday meeting with Gov. Brian Sandoval.